Oryx
in zoölogy, a genus of Bovida; pacities and was commissioner of railaccording to Sir Victor Brooke, typical roads from 1899 to 1903. He was electof the sub-family Oryginæ. Four spe- ed governor of Michigan in 1911. He cies are known: O. leucoryx, the Leu- wrote "The Andean Land" in 1909. coryx, from Northeastern and Western Africa; O. gazella, the gemsbok, from Southern Africa; O. beisa, the beisa antelope, from Eastern Africa, and the coasts of the Red Sea; and O. beatrix, from Arabia.
OSAGE ORANGE (Maclura aurantiaca), a tree of the natural order Moraceæ, a native of North America. It attains a height varying, according to soil and situation, from 20 to 60 feet. It is of the same genus with fustic, and its wood, which is bright yellow, probably might be used for dyeing. The wood is fine grained and very elastic, and takes a high polish; it is much used for fenceposts, sleepers, paving-blocks, etc. The tree is largely employed in the United States, especially in the West, as a hedge plant; it has also been introduced into Great Britain for that purpose. Its fruit, about the size of a large orange, is seldom eaten.